Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

हंसयानं समारुह्य कोटिब्रह्मर्षिभिः सह । आगतः सोमराजेन तदा ब्रह्मा जगत्पतिः

Transliteration

haṃsayānaṃ samāruhya koṭibrahmarṣibhiḥ saha | āgataḥ somarājena tadā brahmā jagatpatiḥ

Translation

„Auf dem Schwanenwagen reitend und von Kroren von Brahmarṣi begleitet, traf Brahmā, der Herr der Welt, damals zusammen mit König Soma ein.“

Word by Word

• haṃsa-yānam: the swan-vehicle
• haṃsa-yānam: Karma (Object of mounting/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + yāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: haṃsa-yānam = ‘swan-vehicle’; Napuṃsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• samāruhya: having mounted
• samāruhya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√ruh (धातु) + ya (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta (absolutive/ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having mounted’

• koṭi-brahmarṣibhiḥ: with crores of brahmarṣis
• koṭi-brahmarṣibhiḥ: Sahakāraka (accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + brahmarṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (numeral-determinative): koṭi-brahmarṣibhiḥ = ‘with crores of brahmarṣis’; Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Bahuvacana

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Postpositional avyaya meaning ‘together with’

• āgataḥ: came, arrived
• āgataḥ: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta (past passive participle/क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; used as finite sense ‘came/has come’

• soma-rājena: by/with King Soma
• soma-rājena: Sahakāraka (agent/associate in instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma-rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya: soma-rāja = ‘Soma who is king’ / ‘King Soma’; Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kālavācaka avyaya (temporal adverb)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• jagat-patiḥ: lord of the world
• jagat-patiḥ: Karta (appositive/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa): jagat-patiḥ = ‘lord of the world’; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; apposition to ‘brahmā’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, four-faced and luminous, descends in a majestic aerial procession on the haṃsa-vimāna, surrounded by innumerable brahmarṣis; Soma accompanies, adding lunar radiance to the scene over the Prabhāsa landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Soma (Candra)
• Brahmarṣis
• Haṃsa-vāhana (swan vehicle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is depicted as so sanctifying that even the highest cosmic beings journey there with vast retinues.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha), the destination implied by the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse describes the sacred pilgrimage-like arrival of deities and sages.